A main trailer for the upcoming Spice and Wolf: merchant meets the wise wolf anime has been released. It includes previews of the opening song “Tabi no Yukue” by Hana Hope and the ending song “Andante” by ClariS.
The anime also received a visual for the character Norah Arendt and additional staff and cast details. Among the newly revealed staff names is character designer Koji Haneda (Paradox Live The Animation, The Faraway Paladin). The new cast reveals includes:
• Daisuke Namikawa as Zheren
• Hochuu Ootsuka as Richten Marlheit
• Hozumi Gouda as Hans Remerio
Spice and Wolf will begin airing in Japan on April 1 (effectively April 2 at 1:30 AM JST). Crunchyroll will stream the show. The anime is based on the Dengeki Bunko light novel series written by Isuna Hasekura and illustrated by Juu Ayakura, which began in 2006 and has 24 volumes as of January 2023.
Amazon describes the plot as:
The life of a traveling merchant is a lonely one, a fact with which Kraft Lawrence is well acquainted. Wandering from town to town with just his horse, cart, and whatever wares have come his way, the peddler has pretty well settled into his routine-that is, until the night Lawrence finds a wolf goddess asleep in his cart. Taking the form of a fetching girl with wolf ears and a tail, Holo has wearied of tending to harvests in the countryside and strikes up a bargain with the merchant to lend him the cunning of “Holo the Wisewolf” to increase his profits in exchange for taking her along on his travels. What kind of businessman could turn down such an offer? Lawrence soon learns, though, that having an ancient goddess as a traveling companion can be a bit of a mixed blessing. Will this wolf girl turn out to be too wild to tame?
A previous Spice and Wolf TV anime begin airing in 2008. It had a second season in 2009.
Staff
• Chief director: Takeo Takahashi (Spice and Wolf Season 1 and 2 director)
• Director: Hijiri Sanpei (Yuri is My Job!)
• Music composer: Kevin Penkin (Made in Abyss)
• Animation production: Passione
Cast
• Ami Koshimizu as Holo
• Jun Fukuyama as Kraft Lawrence
• Mai Nakahara as Norah Arendt
Source: @Spicy_Wolf_Prj